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Mandy Smithberger

Mandy Smithberger, a TomDispatch regular, is the director of the Center for Defense Information at the Project On Government Oversight (POGO).

Reining in the Pentagon

Can It Possibly Happen?

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On November 9, 2021On November 9, 2021

What Price “Defense”?

America’s Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On June 29, 2021On June 29, 2021

Why the Pentagon Budget Never Goes Down

Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Were a Pentagon Prize

By Mandy Smithberger On May 11, 2021On May 14, 2021

The Pentagon, First, Last, and Always

Focusing on the Wrong Threats, including a New Cold War with China, Is the Last Thing We Can Afford Now

By Mandy Smithberger On March 2, 2021On March 5, 2021

Demilitarizing Our Democracy

How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On January 28, 2021On January 28, 2021

Shrinking the Pentagon

Will the Biden Administration Dare Cut Military Spending?

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On November 29, 2020On December 29, 2020

National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget

A Post-Coronavirus Economy Can No Longer Afford to Put the Pentagon First

By Mandy Smithberger On September 13, 2020On May 15, 2021

Covid-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon

Or How to Vaccinate the Military-Industrial Complex

By Mandy Smithberger On June 28, 2020On June 29, 2020

Beware the Pentagon’s Pandemic Profiteers

Hasn’t the Military-Industrial Complex Taken Enough of Our Money?

By Mandy Smithberger On May 3, 2020On May 15, 2021

Creating a National Insecurity State

Spending More, Seeing Less

By Mandy Smithberger On March 1, 2020On March 1, 2020

Never the Pentagon

How The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract

By Mandy Smithberger On January 21, 2020On May 15, 2021

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